| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|
| Luther Adler |
Actor |
4-May-1903 |
8-Dec-1984 |
Broadway actor |
| George Boole |
Mathematician |
2-Nov-1815 |
8-Dec-1864 |
Inventor of Boolean Algebra |
| David Brudnoy |
Radio Personality |
5-Jun-1940 |
8-Dec-2004 |
Boston talk radio host |
| Robert Cantwell |
Novelist |
31-Jan-1908 |
8-Dec-1978 |
Laugh and Lie Down |
| Bud Carson |
Football |
28-Apr-1931 |
8-Dec-2005 |
Pittsburgh Steelers DC, 1972-77 |
| George Cayley |
Inventor |
27-Dec-1773 |
8-Dec-1854 |
Father of aeronautics |
| George Washington Collins |
Politician |
5-Mar-1925 |
8-Dec-1972 |
Congressman from Illinois, 1970-72 |
| Benjamin Constant |
Politician |
25-Oct-1767 |
8-Dec-1830 |
French political thinker |
| Dimebag Darrell |
Guitarist |
20-Aug-1966 |
8-Dec-2004 |
Lead guitarist for Pantera |
| Sir John Davies |
Poet |
16-Apr-1569 |
8-Dec-1626 |
Orchestra, or a Poem of Dancing |
| Deane C. Davis |
Politician |
7-Nov-1900 |
8-Dec-1990 |
Governor of Vermont, 1969-73 |
| Thomas De Quincey |
Author |
15-Aug-1785 |
8-Dec-1859 |
Confessions of an English Opium-Eater |
| William Dieterle |
Film Director |
15-Jul-1893 |
8-Dec-1972 |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame |
| Julian C. Dixon |
Politician |
8-Aug-1934 |
8-Dec-2000 |
Congressman from California, 1979-2000 |
| Ernst Engel |
Economist |
26-Mar-1821 |
8-Dec-1896 |
Engel's Law |
| Gladys George |
Actor |
13-Sep-1900 |
8-Dec-1954 |
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie |
| James Hoban |
Architect |
c. 1758 |
8-Dec-1831 |
Architect of the White House |
| Keith Holyoake |
Head of State |
11-Feb-1904 |
8-Dec-1983 |
Prime Minister of New Zealand, 1960-72 |
| Antonio Carlos Jobim |
Musician |
25-Jan-1927 |
8-Dec-1994 |
The Girl from Ipanema |
| Albert Kahn |
Architect |
21-Mar-1869 |
8-Dec-1942 |
Detroit architect, factory designer |
| Henry Laurens |
Politician |
24-Feb-1724 |
8-Dec-1792 |
Captured negotiating treaty with Holland |
| John Lennon |
Musician |
9-Oct-1940 |
8-Dec-1980 |
Beatle |
| Robert Mathews |
Criminal |
16-Jan-1953 |
8-Dec-1984 |
White supremacist died in shootout with FBI |
| Golda Meir |
Head of State |
3-May-1898 |
8-Dec-1978 |
Fourth Prime Minister of Israel |
| Oscar II |
Royalty |
21-Jan-1829 |
8-Dec-1907 |
King of Sweden and Norway |
| Slim Pickens |
Actor |
29-Jun-1919 |
8-Dec-1983 |
Tough cowboy actor |
| Robert Prosky |
Actor |
13-Dec-1930 |
8-Dec-2008 |
Pat Chase on Veronica's Closet |
| Martin Ritt |
Film Director |
2-Mar-1914 |
8-Dec-1990 |
The Long Hot Summer |
| Marty Robbins |
Country Musician |
26-Sep-1925 |
8-Dec-1982 |
El Paso |
| Howard E. Rollins, Jr. |
Actor |
17-Oct-1950 |
8-Dec-1996 |
A Soldier's Story |
| Anne Seymour |
Actor |
11-Sep-1909 |
8-Dec-1988 |
Character actress |
| William Shawn |
Journalist |
31-Aug-1907 |
8-Dec-1992 |
Editor of The New Yorker, 1952-87 |
| Tris Speaker |
Baseball |
4-Apr-1888 |
8-Dec-1958 |
Exceptional centerfielder |
| Herbert Spencer |
Philosopher |
27-Apr-1820 |
8-Dec-1903 |
Synthetic Philosophy |
| Gerard Terborch |
Painter |
1617 |
8-Dec-1681 |
Dutch subject painter |
| Giangiorgio Trissino |
Scholar |
8-Jul-1478 |
8-Dec-1550 |
Sofonisba |
| William Henry Vanderbilt |
Business |
8-May-1821 |
8-Dec-1885 |
Wealthy son of Cornelius Vanderbilt |
